Papa Murphy's - page 4

amounts of time travelling between his
home in Vancouver and Toronto until 2009
when a company reorganization became
the impetus to leave Rogers and look for
other opportunities in British Columbia.
EXPANDING FROM 20 TO 50
STORES ACROSS CANADA
Van der Lee was already familiar with Papa
Murphy’s when he began researching new
ventures. In fact, at one time there had
been talk about putting the pizza concept
into some of the Rogers stores. Already
acquainted with the company operations
and head office executives, he took the
plunge by purchasing the company’s four
Canadian corporate locations and several
new stores being opened inAlberta. It was,
he explained, the genesis of the company.
Today, van der Lee is owner and president
of Papa M Pizza Canada Inc. and has plans
to continue expansion across the country.
In five years, he hopes to see the number
of Papa Murphy locations grow from 20 to
50 as the chain spreads east.
“We don’t plan to open any more compa-
ny stores, all the emphasis will be grow-
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